Button



(No Model.)

H. KERNGOOD BUTTON.

No. 564,890. Patented July 28, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN KERNGOOD, O-F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent- No. 564,890, dated July28, 1896.

Application filed January 9, 1 3 96- Zo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN KERNGOOD, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Buttons; and. I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My present invention relates to buttons, has for its object theconstruction of a button provided with means for securing it to agarment, and consists in certain improvements which will befullydisclosed in the following specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings,which form part of this specification,Figure 1 represents a perspective of the blank used in constructin gmyimproved button on an enlarged scale; Fig. 2, a like View of the blankbent into form for assembling the parts to attach them to a button; Fig.3, a top plan view of a button; Fig. 4, a side elevation of the fastenerwith a button above it shown in vertical section; Fig. 5, a verticalsection showing the button upon the fastener and the cap to form thehead above the spurs; Fig. 6, a like view of the completed button; Fig.7, a top plan view of the shellwith which the prongs of the buttonengage, and Fig. 8 avertical section showing the button applied to apiece of fabric.

Reference being had to the drawings and the letters thereon, A indicatesthe blank, which is provided with two 1aterally-extend- .ing arms a ct,a vertical arm I) at the top of the blank, and an elongated tapering andpointed prong 0 below the arms at a. The arms a a are designed to bebent around to ward each other to form a semioylinder d, as shown inFigs. 2, at, and 5, which constitutes one-half of the neck e of thebutton, as shown in Figs. 6 and 8, while the arm I) constitutes one oftwo spurs f f, which extend through the button 13, as shown in Figs. 5,6, and 8.

The button B is provided with a rectangular slot g of sufficient widthand length to receive the two spurs ff when the button and its fastenerare assembled.

0 indicates a cap which engages the spurs f f and forms a head h,whichclamps the but- Serial No. 574,896. (No model.)

ton between the neck 6 and the head, as shown in Figs. 6 and 8. V

D indicates a shell or washerwhich is provided with an annular andinwardly-projecting flange t',wit-h which the prongs c engage, and areinclosed by the flange and thereby prevented protruding from the shelland catching the person or garment of the wearer. In

the center of the shell is a conical projection k, which spreads thepron gs c and directs them outward toward the flange t'.

The blankAis placed in a suitable die and the arms CL a bent to form thesemicylinder d. Two of these blanks thus bent are then placed togetherback to back, as shown in Fig. 4, the button D applied to the blanks bypassing the spurs ff through the slot 9 in the button, and the spursseparated laterally to prevent the button being disengaged from theblanks. The parts constituting the button are then assembled in asuitable die, with the cap 0 over the spurs f f, and with a blow of thetop die the spurs are spread and flattened and the cap secured to them,forming the head It and securely clamping the button between itself andthe neck of the button.

The button is applied to a garment by theuse of a suitable implement andis so securely attached that it can be removed only bycutting it out ofthe fabric.

The button thus formed is easily attached to a garment, the prongs f fentering and passing through the fabric readily and when separatedsecure the button to the garment so effectually that the wearer is notannoyed by the loss of buttons.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. A buttonprovided with means for attaching it to a garment, consisting of acylindrical neck on the under side of the button, spurs integral withthe neck, and extending through the button, a head or cap engaging saidspurs and clamping the button between the neck and the head andseparable prongs extending below said neck.

2. A button provided with means for attaching it to a garment,consisting of a cylindrical neck under the button, a spur integral withthe neck and extending through the button,'a head or cap engaging thespur and the upper side of the button and clamping the button betweenthe neck and the head and separable prongs extending below said neck.

3. A button provided with means for at- 5 taching it to a garment,consisting of a cylindrical neck under the button, a spur integral withthe neck and extending through the button, a head or cap engaging thespur and the upper side of the button and clamping the 10 button betweenthe neck and the head and separable prongs extending below said neck,

in combination with a shell having an annular inwardly-projectingflange.

4. A button provided with means for at- I 5 taching it to a garment,consisting of a cylin-

